"The President operates the Executive Branch with his cabinet, which is composed of secretaries or heads of the different departments of the Executive Branch....In this prosecution, the more important members of the President's cabinet were the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Energy, both of whom were appointed to their positions by the President....The Executive Branch has enormous power, the abuse of which can be devastating to our citizens.
- Judge James A. Parker (September 13, 2000)